blindmanbaldwin 's review for:

The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Monumental of a task to review all of these as a collective work, particularly when read over an extended time horizon, but the impression left on me by "The Books of Earthsea" is a mellowness. Yes, there are horrific and events that occur throughout these books — but there is just as much (if not more) routine and minute events. We get the small lives, the boring lives. The stuff that makes the world turn. Yes there are grand wizards and dragons and epic quests. But there are also little villages and moments of domestic strife. There is doubt not just on the role of "Hero" but doubt on the role as "human". This interplay works to great effect.